12 Facts About Precision agriculture

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Precision agriculture is a farming management concept based on observing, measuring and responding to inter and intra-field variability in crops.

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The goal of precision agriculture research is to define a decision support system for whole farm management with the goal of optimizing returns on inputs while preserving resources.

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Precision agriculture has been enabled by unmanned aerial vehicles that are relatively inexpensive and can be operated by novice pilots.

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Precision agriculture is a key component of the third wave of modern agricultural revolutions.

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Precision agriculture aims to optimize field-level management with regard to:.

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Precision agriculture uses many tools but here are some of the basics: tractors, combines, sprayers, planters, diggers, which are all considered auto-guidance systems.

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Concept of precision agriculture first emerged in the United States in the early 1980s.

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Economic and environmental benefits of precision agriculture have been confirmed in China, but China is lagging behind countries such as Europe and the United States because the Chinese agricultural system is characterized by small-scale family-run farms, which makes the adoption rate of precision agriculture lower than other countries.

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Consequently, precision agriculture has become a cornerstone of sustainable agriculture, since it respects crops, soils and farmers.

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Sustainable Precision agriculture seeks to assure a continued supply of food within the ecological, economic and social limits required to sustain production in the long term.

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Precision agriculture reduces the pressure by the agriculture on the environment by increasing the efficiency of machinery and putting it into use.

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Precision agriculture is an application of breakthrough digital farming technologies.

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